Benjamin Whitrow

Benjamin Whitrow
Born Benjamin John Whitrow
(1937-02-17) 17 February 1937
Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
Occupation Actor
Years active 1964–present
Spouse(s) Catherine Cook (m. 1972)
Children

With Catherine Cook:
Hannah Mary Whitrow (b.1973) Thomas George Whitrow (b. 1976)

With Celia Imrie:
Angus (b. 1994)

Benjamin John Whitrow (born 17 February 1937) is an English actor.

Biography

He attended the Dragon School, Tonbridge School, and RADA. Whitrow also served in the King's Dragoon Guards from 1956 to 1958. He joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1981.[1] He played Russell in the radio version of After Henry.

In 1989, Whitrow appeared in episode four of the BBC Two sketch show A Bit of Fry and Laurie (series one), playing an irate member of the audience who claimed that Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie had stolen several of their sketches from him.

Between 1990 and 1992, Whitrow appeared in the sitcom The New Statesman as Paddy O'Rourke, a Labour shadow minister who feigned an Irish accent when in public to attract the working-class vote.

Whitrow was nominated for the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Mr Bennet in Pride and Prejudice. He has a son, Angus, by actress Celia Imrie.

In the year 2000, in the successful animated movie Chicken Run, Whitrow voiced the character of Fowler; an old rooster who claims to have fought in World War II.

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Cinema

Television

Radio

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